A biography for Tom Fletcherhasn’t been written yet.
“My dad used to tell me stories about aliens and UFOs when I was a kid and I was fascinated by science fiction and aliens.”
“At my heaviest I was about 13st 7lbs.”
“I hate the idea of parenting being this false perfect picture. It's challenging and difficult at times. I like the fact I can be honest about that and people seem to respect that.”
“I've always loved reading, and as a child I used to try desperately to write books like the ones I read.”
“I think a lot of the big companies need to be more conscious about the way they make their products. Fewer ingredients that are labelled really clearly, so you know exactly what's going on inside the pot.”
“When you become a parent, you're the responsible one and when there are noises around your house, you'rethe one that has to get out of bed and check it out. Before the children came along, I would have sent my wife to go and check out what the creak was.”
“If it wasn't for musical theatre I wouldn't have met my wife, McFly wouldn't exist, none of it would have happened.”
“If you are not able to look after yourself, you are not able to look after your kids.”
“We never expect to go to No 1 - though of course we always hope to.”
“We live in an age where kids are so familiar with screens, I wanted to show that with a little imagination a book can be just as interactive.”
“On stage, I have my three band mates and my guitar in front of me, and mic stand and that's like your shield - it's genuinely amazing what having an instrument does for you, it's like your safety blanket, taking that away is really weird.”
“My nan and grandad were really important. They took me to school every day. I couldn't have gone to theatre school without them because my parents had to work - there wasn't much money.”
“I genuinely didn't start sleeping properly until I had kids of my own. And then that was just sleeping because of exhaustion.”
“I'm not really looking forward to getting old.”
“It's a strange kind of responsibility being in the public eye and having people who follow you and admire you.”
“Being a dad you realise that it's not about you any more. All the cliches are true I think.”
“Being in a band is the best job in the world!”
“I can dad dance.”
“My parents made reading fun for me as a kid and that's stayed with me my whole life.”
“Our first ever live gig was in front of Buckingham Palace, an Olympic event attended by some of the royal family, and we had to follow James Brown.”